As a member of an uprooted family settled after partition of the country, on the other side of the border, the author in her book reflects on the pain, fear, embarrassment, sympathy, and affection of people who have been left to themselves yet, inspired by their own determination, have walked myriad journeys to become leading lights in their own ways.

As a member of an uprooted family settled after partition of the country, on the other side of the border, the author in her book reflects on the pain, fear, embarrassment, sympathy, and affection of people who have been left to themselves yet, inspired by their own determination, have walked myriad journeys to become leading lights in their own ways.